Running GUI Application From Another Display

If you run GUI application that requiring X11 display from another user you may got following error:

Gtk-WARNING **: 17:59:33.449: cannot open display:

 

Run this command in current logged user for allowing display.

xhost +si:localuser:[USER]
  

Then in another user session for using opened display

export DISPLAY=:0.0


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